National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3008
Original release date:06/04/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Mbedthis AppWeb before 2.2.2 enables the HTTP TRACE method, which has unspecified impact probably related to remote information leaks and cross-site tracing (XST) attacks, a related issue to CVE-2004-2320 and CVE-2005-3398.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/05/2008)
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The Apache Software Foundation do not treat this as a security issue. A configuration change can be made to disable the ability to respond to HTTP TRACE requests if required.
For more information please see:
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/03-01-24#news
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External Source: XF
Name: mbedthis-httptrace-xss(34854)
External Source: BID
Name: 24456
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 35511
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mbedthis.com/products/appWeb/doc/product/newFeatures.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.appwebserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=996
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25636
Type: Advisory